Today's News

Starting in July, Anderson County’s inmates will be jailed in Shelby County, pending approval of the Anderson County Fiscal Court and a contract with the Shelby County Detention Center.

Anderson County Judge-Executive John Wayne Conway confirmed the switch, which comes on the heels of comments earlier this year about the treatment Anderson’s jailer and police agencies have received from Franklin County Jailer Billy Roberts.

State police officers, acting on a tip, raided a home in Shelbyville recently where they seized drugs, money and weapons, but some dead birds they found may wind up causing even more problems for the resident.

Gregory Wood, 43, of 523 Creekside Drive in Shelbyville was arrested May 11 by Kentucky State Police, who charged him with trafficking in marijuana.

And when troopers found six dead quail at his residence, they called in agents from Fish and Wildlife, who charged him with killing the birds out of season, which can have even more serious implications.

Due to field conditions at Spencer County tonight's 30th District baseball final between Collins and Anderson County will be played at 6 p.m. on the Titans' home field.

If it is rained out, then the game will be played at 1 p.m. Saturday at either Spencer or Collins.

Wednesday night the Titans beat crosstown rival Shelby County 15-3, for the second time this season, in the 30th District semifinals on their home turf. Meanwhile, Anderson beat Spencer County 5-0 in a game that was resumed from Monday.

Tornadic weather calmed sufficiently on its surge across Southern Indiana, and Shelby County was spared sirens from the front that passed Wednesday night.

As Southern and central Indiana was pounded with tornadoes and warnings, residents were preparing for the worst. But coolling temperatures and slightly slower winds left the county facing only a pounding "gust front" and the heavy rains, lightning and thunder.

Some trees were down, but there have been no reports of power outages.

U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Bowling Green) set out Friday for the Masonic Home in Shelbyville to give a short discussion to seniors about health care and legislative issues.
His presentation included a colorful pie chart of the national budget deficit, but when he opened the floor to questions, he was surprised to find that seniors had more on their minds than Medicare issues.
They wanted to know what was up with rising gas prices.
One woman suggested dropping gas prices back down to what it was when she was raising a family, 27 cents per gallon.

U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Bowling Green) set out Friday for the Masonic Home in Shelbyville to give a short discussion to seniors about health care and legislative issues.

His presentation included a colorful pie chart of the national budget deficit, but when he opened the floor to questions, he was surprised to find that seniors had more on their minds than Medicare issues.

They wanted to know what was up with rising gas prices.

One woman suggested dropping gas prices back down to what it was when she was raising a family, 27 cents per gallon.

When this car ran over the retaining wall at Middleton Station Friday afternoon, it drew a big reaction from citizens, who stopped to snap pictures of the odd spectacle. Shelbyville Police Officer Suzanna Marcum said the driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake, sending the car plunging over the wall.